Visual Tooth Cleaning Instrument with Real-Time Camera Observation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current oral cleaning tools lack the ability for patients to effectively visualize and target dental calculus, plaque, and pigmentation for home use, leading to incomplete cleaning and potential accidental injuries due to the dark oral cavity environment and difficulty in observing hidden areas.
Innovation Solution
A visual tooth cleaning, grinding, and polishing instrument that integrates a camera system with a cleaning and polishing tool, allowing real-time observation and display on a smartphone or other device, enabling targeted cleaning and grinding while providing illumination and vibration or rotation for effective removal of dental issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a work head is extended into the oral cavity for cleaning, then cleaning function is achieved, but visibility of the cleaning area deteriorates due to dark environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the cleaning function (work head) with the observation function (camera and display) into a single integrated device. The camera is positioned to capture images of the oral cavity while the work head performs cleaning, allowing simultaneous cleaning and visual monitoring without requiring separate equipment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a camera as an intermediary device that captures visual information from the dark oral cavity environment and transmits it to a display device. This intermediary system bridges the gap between the dark cleaning environment and the user's need for visibility, allowing real-time observation of the cleaning process
2Ease of operation
If cleaning is performed by feeling in the dark, then operation is simplified, but cleaning precision deteriorates leading to incomplete cleaning and accidental injuries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the camera continuously captures images of the oral cavity and displays them in real-time on a mobile device. This visual feedback allows the user to see exactly where the work head is positioned and what is being cleaned, enabling precise control while maintaining ease of operation. The feedback loop prevents both incomplete cleaning and accidental injuries by making the cleaning process visible
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables patients to visually and effectively clean teeth, grind, and polish surfaces, improving cleaning efficiency and safety by allowing real-time observation of the cleaning process, reducing the risk of accidental injuries and ensuring thorough removal of dental calculus, plaque, and pigmentation.
Implementation Method 1
image-forming means of forming an image from light from an object
Implementation Method 2
an illuminating system 23
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AI summary
A visual tooth cleaning, grinding and polishing instrument of the invention includes a host, an oral observation instrument and a cleaning and polishing tool. The host can not only drive the cleaning and polishing tool but also supply a power source and a control system for an illuminating system, an observation system and the like of the oral observation instrument. A picture shot by a camera of the observation system can be transmitted to a display of the observation system in time, so as to achieve the purposes of cleaning the teeth while observing a process of cleaning the dental calculus, dental plaque and pigmentation on the surface of the teeth with the cleaning and polishing tool and the cleaning effect instantly on a mobile phone, thereby effectively cleaning, grinding and polishing the teeth. A flusher or an electric toothbrush head or other interdental cleaning tools may also be mounted on the host or the oral observation instrument of the visual tooth cleaning, grinding and polishing instrument, so that the visual tooth cleaning, grinding and polishing instrument of the invention has multiple oral cleaning functions and can solve various oral cleaning problems in all aspects.